Definition for Infect:

• To taint, especially with disease: to corrupt: to poison.

Synonyms for Infect:

• adj.

  •infest (adjective)
  • fill,
  • harass,
  • penetrate.

• n.

  •defile (noun)
  • affect.

• v.

  •contaminate (verb)
  • debase,
  • tarnish,
  • befoul,
  • pervert,
  • desecrate,
  • deprave,
  • injure,
  • sully,
  • stain,
  • alloy,
  • harm,
  • debauch,
  • dirty.
  •corrupt (verb)
  • degrade,
  • rot,
  • adulterate,
  • mistreat,
  • subvert,
  • abuse,
  • ravage,
  • impair,
  • putrefy,
  • misuse,
  • hurt,
  • ruin,
  • despoil,
  • outrage,
  • violate.
  •damage (verb)
  • discolor,
  • wound,
  • scathe,
  • wrong,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • tamper with.
  •infect (verb)
  • touch,
  • influence,
  • spread among,
  • defile,
  • blight,
  • vitiate,
  • spread to,
  • disease,
  • spoil.
  •inspire (verb)
  • enkindle,
  • instill,
  • provoke,
  • inspirit,
  • quicken,
  • exalt,
  • impress,
  • invigorate,
  • inform,
  • exhilarate,
  • imbue,
  • strike,
  • enliven,
  • animate,
  • arouse,
  • stir,
  • excite.
  •invade (verb)
  • overrun,
  • permeate,
  • pervade.
  •sicken (verb)
  • sicken.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Empoison,
  • envenom.
  •
  • predispose,
  • prostrate,
  • canker,
  • inflame.
  •
  • repulse,
  • sap,
  • communicate,
  • overcome.
  •
  • repel,
  • soil,
  • transmit.
  •
  • weaken,
  • revolt.
  •
  • develop.
  •
  • spread,
  • give.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cheapen,
  • hereditary,
  • handbill,
  • absorb,
  • barrack,
  • incident,
  • Inquinate,
  • set on fire,
  • evoke,
  • communicable,
  • attract,
  • billboard,
  • afflict,
  • dash,
  • aggrieve,
  • raise,
  • jinx,
  • deed,
  • charge,
  • Embase,
  • overturn,
  • smite,
  • pestiferous,
  • persecute,
  • capture,
  • EMBUE,
  • Impassion,
  • besprinkle,
  • wake,
  • Exulcerate,
  • event,
  • Disserve,
  • hold,
  • exhort,
  • inoculate,
  • vaccinate,
  • activate,
  • flare-up,
  • poster,
  • circulation,
  • crucify,
  • catch,
  • transfuse,
  • move,
  • devalue,
  • instigate,
  • condemn,
  • blend,
  • draw,
  • savage,
  • transfer,
  • transmissible,
  • distress,
  • confound,
  • summon up,
  • menace,
  • infiltrate,
  • seize,
  • twist,
  • infected,
  • disadvantage,
  • denaturalize,
  • light up,
  • contagion,
  • torment,
  • fascinate,
  • wake up,
  • Infecting,
  • threaten,
  • infects,
  • attack,
  • pep up,
  • sprinkle,
  • cloud,
  • do evil,
  • blow up,
  • mess,
  • contamination,
  • bull's eye,
  • sign,
  • prostitute,
  • advertisement,
  • cheer,
  • raise up,
  • medicate,
  • hex,
  • cross,
  • reek,
  • kindle,
  • mix,
  • fact,
  • vulgarize,
  • do wrong by,
  • inject,
  • leaven,
  • ancestral,
  • transmittance,
  • spread disease,
  • familial,
  • awaken,
  • intrigue,
  • engross,
  • distort,
  • put back,
  • amalgamate,
  • contagious,
  • spirit,
  • destroy,
  • denature,
  • bill,
  • awake,
  • sophisticate,
  • truth,
  • curse,
  • wreak havoc,
  • call up,
  • engage,
  • attemper,
  • revolutionise,
  • riddle,
  • muddy,
  • tincture,
  • conveyance,
  • spirit up,
  • torture,
  • infection,
  • compound,
  • notice,
  • tinge,
  • molest,
  • ulcerate,
  • ravish,
  • signboard,
  • infectious,
  • degenerate,
  • bewitch,
  • foul,
  • revolutionize,
  • dirt,
  • deflower,
  • incite,
  • placard,
  • genetic,
  • irradiate,
  • season,
  • captivate,
  • patrimonial,
  • prejudice,
  • coarsen,
  • rouse,
  • dyeing,
  • transmission,
  • doom,
  • set back,
  • interest,
  • do wrong,
  • deteriorate,
  • transmittable,
  • suffuse,
  • urge on,
  • call forth,
  • nasty,
  • fire,
  • set astir,
  • detail,
  • transmittal.

Paraphrases for Infect:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    contaminate.
  • Verb, base form
    contaminate.

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    affect.
  • Verb, base form
    affect.

Antonyms for Infect:

• v.

  • body
    Disinfect.
  • pollute, contaminate
    aid, help, protect.

• v. t.

  • Other antonyms:
    clean, hallow, cleanse, purify, wash, sanctify.

Hypernym for Infect:

• v.

  • body
    canker, smut, superinfect.

Hyponym for Infect:

• v.

  • body
    give, pollute, contaminate, foul.
  • cognition
    move, strike, affect, impress.
  • social
    debauch, vitiate, deprave, demoralize, demoralise, misdirect, pervert, subvert, debase, profane, corrupt.